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House Leadership: Reintroduce the Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act
  1. Signatures
    893 out of 1,000
    Petitioning
    1. Rep. John Boehner (+ 3 others)
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      • Rep. John Boehner (OH-08)
      • Rep. Eric Cantor (VA-07)
      • Rep. John Conyers (MI-14)
      • Rep. Kevin McCarthy (CA-22)
  2. Created By
    Martin Matheny
    Athens, GA
About this Petition Petition Letter

Although horses aren't being slaughtered for human consumption in the U.S., tens of thousands are transported each year to slaughterhouses in other countries. Horses are subjected to intense suffering and abuse during the transport, then are inhumanely slaughtered to provide meat for other countries.

In 2009, Rep. John Conyers of Michigan introduced HR 503, the Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act. While that bill, which would have banned the purchase or sales of horses to be slaughtered for human consumption, languished in committee, thousands more horses died.

It's time to reintroduce the Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act and put an end to this practice.

Photo credit: Chuck Coker

Why People Are Signing
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Please Reintroduce the Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act

Greetings,

Every year, tens of thousands of horses are auctioned off or otherwise sold in America, then shipped outside the U.S. to be slaughtered for food. It's a barbaric and cruel practice.

In 2009, Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) introduced HR 503, the Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act, which would have prohibited the sale of U.S. horses for human consumption. That bill languished in committee, and while it did, more American horses were shipped out of the country and slaughtered for food.

Polls show that over 70% of Americans support a ban on slaughtering horses for food. I hope that the 112th Congress will join them and make the Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act the law of the land.

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